WEBVTT - Drive Time: Alec Ingold Breaks Down the Bye Week, Season So Far 0:00:00.160 --> 0:00:04.040 Do on Remove Glum Deep Speedways Past Hell. 0:00:05.720 --> 0:00:10.400 From the Baptist Health Studios inside the Baptist Health Training Complex. 0:00:10.920 --> 0:00:14.680 This is drive time with Travis Wingfield. 0:00:16.200 --> 0:00:19.440 He's kind of my Heavin's in the playoffs. 0:00:32.040 --> 0:00:34.640 So the bye week is here, got any fun plans 0:00:34.640 --> 0:00:34.879 for it? 0:00:35.000 --> 0:00:38.800 We're here, no, literally, just staying here, getting the body right, 0:00:39.440 --> 0:00:42.560 being with the family. Obviously, little little weather adversity coming 0:00:42.600 --> 0:00:45.000 our way, so making sure the dogs are saved. 0:00:45.000 --> 0:00:46.919 Family is good. So we're just sticking around so. 0:00:46.920 --> 0:00:48.560 As you guys can see by now, my guest Todays 0:00:48.560 --> 0:00:51.720 Dolphins full Back here on Dolphins HQ from the Baptist 0:00:51.760 --> 0:00:54.440 Health Studios. And I'm glad to hear you're staying around 0:00:54.440 --> 0:00:56.240 because I wanted to ask you a question about the 0:00:56.360 --> 0:00:59.160 value of the bye week for a team who has 0:00:59.520 --> 0:01:01.880 you mentioned it? I mean, it feels like a year's 0:01:01.880 --> 0:01:03.760 worth of adversity of these first few weeks of the season, 0:01:03.840 --> 0:01:06.319 just kind of how this league goes sometimes. What do 0:01:06.360 --> 0:01:08.280 you think the value is of a bye week four 0:01:08.360 --> 0:01:10.919 team that is in the Dolphins position right now? Newish 0:01:11.000 --> 0:01:13.560 quarterback kind of found your footing on Sunday. What's the 0:01:13.640 --> 0:01:15.119 value of the bye week right now? Yeah. 0:01:15.160 --> 0:01:18.040 I mean there's so many different points of the bye week, 0:01:18.040 --> 0:01:19.600 and when you start the season you're like, oh, this 0:01:19.640 --> 0:01:21.680 is a really good bye week. Timer you wish it 0:01:21.720 --> 0:01:24.480 was later in the season. Everyone's like schedule peaking. I 0:01:24.520 --> 0:01:26.720 don't really think you can tell what's a good or 0:01:26.959 --> 0:01:29.280 bad bye week until you're kind of in the middle 0:01:29.319 --> 0:01:29.560 of it. 0:01:30.160 --> 0:01:32.160 Obviously, we need to get healthy, we need. 0:01:32.040 --> 0:01:36.520 To reframe, readjust focus on our fundamentals technique. So we 0:01:36.600 --> 0:01:38.920 got some extra work this week, which has been good 0:01:39.400 --> 0:01:42.040 much necessary for our team just to continue to improve 0:01:42.040 --> 0:01:44.880 and get better. So I think the real benefit of 0:01:44.880 --> 0:01:46.160 the bye week you're going to see on the back 0:01:46.280 --> 0:01:49.880 end with the residuals of all the work and intentionality 0:01:49.880 --> 0:01:53.240 that you approach that bye week with. Because it really 0:01:53.280 --> 0:01:55.120 doesn't matter if it's in the middle of the season, 0:01:55.280 --> 0:01:58.240 earlier or late. You have to have the right guys 0:01:58.240 --> 0:02:00.440 in the room to make it worth it it right. 0:02:00.600 --> 0:02:03.080 So and from that standpoint, I mean, we saw Tyler 0:02:03.120 --> 0:02:05.440 Huntley got his first win for his hometown Dolphins. Really 0:02:05.480 --> 0:02:07.560 cool to see that, do you you know, as the 0:02:07.600 --> 0:02:10.320 bye week it kind of to your point, it differentiates 0:02:10.400 --> 0:02:13.120 when it's valuable, Like you don't know until it gets here, right, 0:02:13.160 --> 0:02:14.200 do you kind of feel like this is a good 0:02:14.240 --> 0:02:14.720 time for it? 0:02:14.840 --> 0:02:17.480 Yeah, for sure. I mean, you know my body, I'm 0:02:17.520 --> 0:02:20.400 excited for it. I know that a lot of guys 0:02:20.440 --> 0:02:22.560 just need that mental reset. You go through training camp 0:02:22.639 --> 0:02:24.440 in the start of the season isn't where we want it, 0:02:25.080 --> 0:02:26.959 but you finish on a little bit of a high note. 0:02:26.960 --> 0:02:28.720 Obviously there's a lot of things we want to still 0:02:28.720 --> 0:02:31.320 improve on, so there's a lot of like really good 0:02:31.400 --> 0:02:35.119 mindset going on of like, Okay, we won, but it's 0:02:35.160 --> 0:02:37.880 still not that finished project. We're still chasing something and 0:02:37.880 --> 0:02:39.840 we can use this by week it's going to be purposeful, 0:02:40.120 --> 0:02:43.360 a reset, re energize for this twelve week stretch that 0:02:43.400 --> 0:02:45.399 we have down the end of the season. So yeah, 0:02:45.440 --> 0:02:46.480 I think a lot of guys are going to be 0:02:46.480 --> 0:02:47.520 able to find value in this one. 0:02:47.600 --> 0:02:49.320 Yeah, sounds great. Before we go forward, I want to 0:02:49.400 --> 0:02:50.600 kind of go back a little bit to the game 0:02:50.639 --> 0:02:55.040 on Sunday because I personally loved seven consecutive running plays 0:02:55.040 --> 0:02:57.160 to close off a game winning drive. I can't imagine 0:02:57.200 --> 0:02:59.040 many teams have done that. I mean, it's usually you 0:02:59.080 --> 0:02:59.840 have to get through through the air. 0:03:00.040 --> 0:03:00.400 Little bit. 0:03:00.840 --> 0:03:03.160 I'm wondering if you can take us in before that 0:03:03.400 --> 0:03:04.960 first of the seven plays, Like, you guys are right 0:03:05.000 --> 0:03:07.200 around midfield. I think you had just gotten a defensive 0:03:07.200 --> 0:03:09.720 pass interference to move the chains and get you back 0:03:09.760 --> 0:03:10.399 on schedule. 0:03:11.040 --> 0:03:12.200 Can you take us in from. 0:03:12.200 --> 0:03:15.160 Whether it's the captain's perspective, whether it's you know, Tyler 0:03:15.200 --> 0:03:18.040 the quarterback communicating to you, what's the mood and the 0:03:18.080 --> 0:03:21.600 conversation like in that huddle before that run of runs 0:03:21.840 --> 0:03:22.880 get you guys into the end zone. 0:03:22.960 --> 0:03:24.640 Yeah, I think you know, I can bring it all 0:03:24.680 --> 0:03:26.079 the way back to getting the ball in the twenty 0:03:26.160 --> 0:03:28.760 yard line. We had Braximbarius had a great bluff on 0:03:28.800 --> 0:03:31.200 a punt return instead of the ball being on the 0:03:31.240 --> 0:03:33.280 five to start the drive or on the twenty, and 0:03:33.320 --> 0:03:34.800 you kind of felt like we had a lot of 0:03:34.800 --> 0:03:36.920 momentum this entire game. We're moving the ball, but we 0:03:36.960 --> 0:03:39.760 haven't finished in the end zone yet. And Snoop comes 0:03:39.760 --> 0:03:41.560 into huddle and he's like, immediately, guys, we need to 0:03:41.560 --> 0:03:43.440 get in the end zone. Like this is a non negotiable. 0:03:43.440 --> 0:03:45.720 We can't keep kicking these field goals. We need to 0:03:45.720 --> 0:03:48.760 finish in the paint. So from that twenty yard line, 0:03:48.840 --> 0:03:51.000 you go through it. You have some ups and downs. 0:03:51.040 --> 0:03:52.400 All of a sudden, you get into that third and 0:03:52.400 --> 0:03:55.960 long we're putting together a drive. Raheem gets that pass 0:03:56.000 --> 0:03:59.160 interference call and you just feel that opportunity, like we 0:03:59.200 --> 0:04:01.200 need to take advantage this right now. We got a gift. 0:04:01.200 --> 0:04:03.760 Obviously it was a penalty, but hey, we're at midfield. 0:04:04.000 --> 0:04:06.800 We need to finish this thing. And for seven straight 0:04:06.880 --> 0:04:09.360 runs to kind of tone set you have Jalen Wright 0:04:09.440 --> 0:04:12.560 Raheem going back and forth, being able to overcome a 0:04:12.560 --> 0:04:15.320 couple of those penalties, seeing those long runs, seeing the 0:04:15.640 --> 0:04:19.880 outside zone, inside zone, the diversification of the run game. 0:04:19.920 --> 0:04:22.559 Really showing those seven plays was a lot of fun. 0:04:22.760 --> 0:04:24.960 It was definitely a statement that our team needed to 0:04:24.960 --> 0:04:27.640 make sevent team play drive in a very critical part 0:04:27.640 --> 0:04:29.560 of the game. I think it was really cool to 0:04:29.560 --> 0:04:32.240 see the offense when the rubber met the road to 0:04:32.279 --> 0:04:33.240 be able to take advantage. 0:04:33.320 --> 0:04:34.840 So you kind of led me into my next question 0:04:34.880 --> 0:04:36.159 that I was so excited to ask you about, and 0:04:36.160 --> 0:04:38.080 I wrote down these notes about like I kind of 0:04:38.080 --> 0:04:39.560 just threw out some numbers because you played I think 0:04:39.600 --> 0:04:41.880 your highest was that your highest snap total in your career. 0:04:41.920 --> 0:04:44.559 It's all like it, Yeah, it feels right. Okay. 0:04:44.560 --> 0:04:47.480 So first before that, you handed the ball of the referee. 0:04:47.520 --> 0:04:49.640 I think the last time, one of the last times 0:04:49.640 --> 0:04:51.719 you scored, and you spiked that ball like eight feet 0:04:51.720 --> 0:04:53.839 below the surface in Detroit, right like you slammed that 0:04:53.880 --> 0:04:56.240 thing into the end zone. We were joking about as 0:04:56.279 --> 0:04:58.360 Seth and oj you know them from the postgame show. 0:04:58.839 --> 0:05:00.440 We were joking like, I don't think he has any 0:05:00.560 --> 0:05:02.080 energy left to spike out football. 0:05:02.120 --> 0:05:02.599 Is that the case? 0:05:02.680 --> 0:05:04.960 Yeah, I think the last three or four plays that drive, 0:05:05.160 --> 0:05:07.760 like my body just took over and it was you 0:05:07.880 --> 0:05:10.000 listen to the call and you just go execute. So 0:05:10.440 --> 0:05:12.800 I like scored, it didn't really even click, and I'm like, 0:05:12.800 --> 0:05:13.720 where's the oxygen? 0:05:13.760 --> 0:05:16.160 Take, where's the sideline? We're going for two? Am? 0:05:16.240 --> 0:05:16.479 I in? 0:05:16.560 --> 0:05:16.960 Am? I not? 0:05:17.040 --> 0:05:18.719 In? Like there was so much going on that I 0:05:18.760 --> 0:05:20.440 was like, the last thing I was worried about was 0:05:20.440 --> 0:05:21.560 the celebration to get. 0:05:21.400 --> 0:05:23.560 Back to the sideline literally get ruth the defense on. 0:05:23.839 --> 0:05:25.719 So sometimes on the show we make fun of my 0:05:25.880 --> 0:05:28.559 like pee wee football playing days, and I was telling 0:05:28.600 --> 0:05:31.440 the guys, like my first touchdown I scored, we like 0:05:31.480 --> 0:05:33.560 didn't throw the ball down the field. You're young and 0:05:33.560 --> 0:05:36.000 so I was a flinker and they would throw there 0:05:36.000 --> 0:05:37.640 was a screen in the playbook for me, and they 0:05:37.640 --> 0:05:38.920 would call around the goal line and I was like, 0:05:38.960 --> 0:05:41.120 this is my chance to score my first ever touchdown. 0:05:41.400 --> 0:05:42.760 And I know it's not the same thing, but I 0:05:42.839 --> 0:05:44.880 am curious if there's a parallel to that. When you 0:05:44.920 --> 0:05:46.839 get that full back dive called the two yard line, 0:05:46.839 --> 0:05:49.440 are you like as giddy as twelve year old Travis. 0:05:49.160 --> 0:05:51.880 Was, I would say so, and it's like, listen, these 0:05:51.960 --> 0:05:55.240 opportunities are very few, very far in between. You got 0:05:55.240 --> 0:05:57.280 to be able to capitalize on it when it happened. 0:05:57.279 --> 0:05:59.640 So I was glad that there's a little crease there 0:05:59.640 --> 0:06:01.520 to hit. And yeah, I felt like twelve year old 0:06:01.560 --> 0:06:04.520 Travis just right around after celebrating and scoring. 0:06:04.680 --> 0:06:06.520 I'm glad that you did well. I was probably the 0:06:06.560 --> 0:06:08.480 shortest track you took the entire day, because one of 0:06:08.520 --> 0:06:10.119 the thing I wanted to ask you about was again, 0:06:10.440 --> 0:06:12.560 you know, forty two snaps in the game, I felt 0:06:12.600 --> 0:06:15.640 like you operated fifteen different motions. You had like ten 0:06:15.680 --> 0:06:17.599 different run schemes. To your point, I mean you talked 0:06:17.640 --> 0:06:19.760 about inside outside zone like I saw duo, I saw 0:06:19.839 --> 0:06:21.720 like pinpoll, like there was everything in the run game, 0:06:22.360 --> 0:06:25.200 you know, played multiple different positions. When you get your 0:06:25.360 --> 0:06:26.839 your I don't know if it's a binder or what 0:06:26.880 --> 0:06:28.400 the game plan when they give it to you, like, Alex, 0:06:28.440 --> 0:06:30.720 this is your plan for the week. When you see 0:06:30.720 --> 0:06:32.760 all that, like how do you process that? How do 0:06:32.800 --> 0:06:34.320 you prepare for a week where you know you're going 0:06:34.400 --> 0:06:36.360 to be doing so many different things. 0:06:36.720 --> 0:06:39.280 So a couple of years ago, I was getting those 0:06:39.320 --> 0:06:41.240 game plans and I was extremely overwhelmed. 0:06:41.279 --> 0:06:42.040 I was stressed out. 0:06:42.080 --> 0:06:44.479 I'm looking at this entire call sheet, trying to memorize 0:06:44.640 --> 0:06:48.520 both directions, every single play, making sure I knew my assignment. 0:06:48.560 --> 0:06:51.040 And now you're three in the system. It's like, all right, 0:06:51.040 --> 0:06:52.920 here we go. Could be a big time game, could 0:06:52.960 --> 0:06:55.320 not be, depending on the flow of it. But you're 0:06:55.360 --> 0:06:58.320 absolutely prepared for it. So it takes some time to 0:06:58.360 --> 0:07:00.919 get there, but I think they're there's a lot of 0:07:00.920 --> 0:07:02.599 confidence in a running back room right now, and go 0:07:02.680 --> 0:07:05.200 through the play sheet, and it really doesn't matter across 0:07:05.200 --> 0:07:07.960 this entire offense, like is it throw the ball fifty times? 0:07:08.000 --> 0:07:10.600 Is run the ball fifty fifty times? It doesn't really matter. 0:07:11.520 --> 0:07:13.920 Just being prepared for your number to be called and executing. 0:07:14.440 --> 0:07:17.360 That's what that's what makes those celebrations so special. 0:07:17.480 --> 0:07:19.440 Yeah, it's cool to see, man. I get the sense 0:07:19.480 --> 0:07:21.720 that maybe some of your presence in that huddle can 0:07:21.760 --> 0:07:24.080 kind of produce a calming effect for the rest of 0:07:24.080 --> 0:07:25.880 the guys because your experience, of course, where he's been 0:07:25.920 --> 0:07:27.680 here that time as well in Devon's in year two 0:07:27.680 --> 0:07:29.680 and Jalen the rookie looks pretty damn good in that 0:07:29.680 --> 0:07:32.120 game as well. I'm curious because do you think that 0:07:32.200 --> 0:07:33.880 time in the offense has helped you kind of be 0:07:33.880 --> 0:07:36.000 able to adjust on the fly, Because we were gonna 0:07:36.040 --> 0:07:37.400 show some plays here and break it down, but it 0:07:37.400 --> 0:07:39.680 didn't happen for us. There was a play where, like 0:07:39.760 --> 0:07:42.320 I think you it was Jalen's run off the left 0:07:42.480 --> 0:07:45.040 right after the pass interference call, and you like sprung 0:07:45.120 --> 0:07:47.080 him for a pretty big run up the left sideline 0:07:47.160 --> 0:07:49.040 and you like kind of chipped it was either the 0:07:49.120 --> 0:07:51.760 tight end of the tackles, man, was that something that 0:07:51.840 --> 0:07:53.600 you know you're going to do in the play or 0:07:53.640 --> 0:07:55.760 is that like a on the on the fly adjust 0:07:55.760 --> 0:07:56.400 type of movement. 0:07:56.680 --> 0:08:00.280 Yeah, So with those techniques and like you said, when 0:08:00.320 --> 0:08:03.240 you have more experience in the system, being able to 0:08:03.280 --> 0:08:07.280 feel how a defense plays can completely change my entry point, 0:08:07.320 --> 0:08:11.000 can completely change my technique. And for a running back, 0:08:11.120 --> 0:08:13.920 a full back, tight end tackle to all get these 0:08:13.960 --> 0:08:17.080 reps and to see the multiplications of the defense and 0:08:17.120 --> 0:08:19.600 be able to all see the same thing without hesitation 0:08:19.720 --> 0:08:21.520 hit it in the same spot. I think that's what 0:08:21.560 --> 0:08:24.440 was so cool about that play because my entry point 0:08:24.480 --> 0:08:27.480 could be four different places depending on the defense. The 0:08:27.640 --> 0:08:29.560 technique of the tight end in the tackle could be 0:08:29.840 --> 0:08:32.640 seven different things depending on the adjustments pre snap to 0:08:32.679 --> 0:08:35.120 post snap. And for Jalen to be running fast, never 0:08:35.160 --> 0:08:37.560 breaking stride to see it and hit it. I think 0:08:37.600 --> 0:08:40.520 those are the little glimpses of the potential of the 0:08:40.559 --> 0:08:43.679 offense that we're really chasing to try and replicate to 0:08:43.960 --> 0:08:45.480 be able to do it down after down. 0:08:45.600 --> 0:08:47.160 Yeah, it's so funny to watch it on tape because 0:08:47.160 --> 0:08:49.560 I can hold the down button and just fast forward 0:08:49.600 --> 0:08:51.400 and slow motion and see all these things. It's like, 0:08:51.440 --> 0:08:53.000 these guys are doing this at full speed. It's got 0:08:53.040 --> 0:08:54.800 to be so difficult to see on the fly like that. 0:08:55.120 --> 0:08:57.280 And you allude to kind of finding something on that 0:08:57.360 --> 0:08:59.240 drive and within that game, and that's where I want 0:08:59.240 --> 0:09:01.280 to go next, because you know, if you go on 0:09:01.320 --> 0:09:02.959 social media, it's like run the ball, run the ball, 0:09:03.000 --> 0:09:04.319 and wants to run the ball right, And the Dolphins 0:09:04.320 --> 0:09:05.640 did it on that drive and they won the game. 0:09:05.840 --> 0:09:08.640 Run the football. I'm curious do you think, whether in 0:09:08.640 --> 0:09:10.520 that drive or throughout the course of the game, do 0:09:10.520 --> 0:09:12.000 you feel like you kind of I don't want to 0:09:12.000 --> 0:09:14.720 say found something, but you think there was maybe a 0:09:14.720 --> 0:09:17.320 little bit of a oh, this is working really well. 0:09:17.360 --> 0:09:19.320 We can have more success doing this going forward. 0:09:19.440 --> 0:09:22.520 Yeah, I think that you look at that drive. 0:09:22.559 --> 0:09:24.160 You have a seventeen play drive that's going to give 0:09:24.200 --> 0:09:27.280 any offense confidence, right and to be able to have 0:09:27.679 --> 0:09:29.840 the work that we put in this entire offseason to 0:09:29.920 --> 0:09:33.080 show up in glimpses. I think it validates the process 0:09:33.080 --> 0:09:35.199 we're on. It validates the work that we're trying to 0:09:35.280 --> 0:09:38.400 chase and we're developing and growing into as an offense. 0:09:38.800 --> 0:09:41.800 So it's motivating in the fact of, Okay, we're on 0:09:41.880 --> 0:09:44.240 the right track, but it's also motivating on the other side, 0:09:44.280 --> 0:09:45.560 like we need to do this more often. 0:09:45.760 --> 0:09:48.160 And I think, you know, I go back a couple 0:09:48.160 --> 0:09:48.680 of weeks ago. 0:09:48.720 --> 0:09:51.920 I think you get talked about short yardage worries right 0:09:52.040 --> 0:09:54.600 in the preseason, everyone wanted to figure out the short 0:09:54.640 --> 0:09:58.200 yardage issues and it's like, man, we just have to execute, 0:09:58.240 --> 0:09:59.719 and like you look at the guys in the room, 0:09:59.760 --> 0:10:02.120 and we have that potential and we've done it on tape. 0:10:02.160 --> 0:10:05.160 Now you string long drives like that together. That gives 0:10:05.160 --> 0:10:07.000 confidence in the room like this is what it needs 0:10:07.000 --> 0:10:09.160 to look like. And then there's a standard to that, 0:10:09.240 --> 0:10:11.600 there's accountability to that, and I feel like that's what 0:10:11.679 --> 0:10:14.480 the entire locker room's kind of built around. So anytime 0:10:14.520 --> 0:10:16.400 you're able to put that on film, put it on tape, 0:10:16.559 --> 0:10:19.839 it's like, Okay, this is possible. We've done it. Now 0:10:19.840 --> 0:10:21.199 we need to do it again, and we need to 0:10:21.240 --> 0:10:23.079 improve on it. So I think that's where it gets 0:10:23.120 --> 0:10:25.800 a lot of confidence in being able to run or 0:10:25.840 --> 0:10:26.360 pass the ball. 0:10:26.480 --> 0:10:28.280 You truly are as good as your last rep, right, 0:10:28.280 --> 0:10:30.120 because last year that was an issue. You know, quote 0:10:30.160 --> 0:10:32.839 unquote issue. Game one, you executed a thing, two of 0:10:32.880 --> 0:10:34.640 them right, two fullback dies for a first down, So 0:10:34.679 --> 0:10:36.320 then it's like, Okay, it's solved. But then you don't 0:10:36.360 --> 0:10:37.839 get them a couple of times, and now it's like 0:10:37.880 --> 0:10:38.600 they can't do it again. 0:10:38.679 --> 0:10:41.880 Yep, It's yeah, what have you done formul lately, but 0:10:41.960 --> 0:10:44.559 that's performance based industry and that's what we're trying to 0:10:44.559 --> 0:10:45.000 improve on. 0:10:45.080 --> 0:10:46.080 For sure, we love to hear that. 0:10:46.080 --> 0:10:47.320 It's good to hear, it's good to see it be 0:10:47.320 --> 0:10:52.200 successful in the game. And you know, kind of going 0:10:52.200 --> 0:10:54.439 back to that moment in the huddle and whatever you 0:10:54.520 --> 0:10:56.199 said to the guys and Tyler's said to the guys, 0:10:56.400 --> 0:10:59.040 I'm curious because you take this captain role very seriously. 0:10:59.160 --> 0:11:02.240 I know you do. How does the role of the 0:11:02.280 --> 0:11:05.560 captain change or maybe evolve when things are going well 0:11:05.679 --> 0:11:07.160 versus when you're on a losing streak. 0:11:07.679 --> 0:11:11.719 I think the leadership styles are always going to change, 0:11:12.000 --> 0:11:14.040 and that's just being a human being. That's just being 0:11:14.040 --> 0:11:17.720 a real person with emotions and a standard and goals 0:11:18.240 --> 0:11:20.280 that we're all trying to chase. So I think the 0:11:20.360 --> 0:11:24.080 vulnerability in leadership is truly speaking your mind and building 0:11:24.160 --> 0:11:27.160 trust with the guys based on the work that you provide, 0:11:27.160 --> 0:11:29.480 the accountability that you are going to be consistent in 0:11:29.520 --> 0:11:30.920 what you do, leading by example. 0:11:31.240 --> 0:11:33.600 I feel like that's where things are going great. 0:11:33.679 --> 0:11:36.000 Yeah, everyone can lead, but when things are going tough, 0:11:36.320 --> 0:11:38.080 how vocal are you going to be? How consistent are 0:11:38.120 --> 0:11:39.640 you going to be. Are you going to lead by example? 0:11:39.760 --> 0:11:41.560 Are you going to kind of go into that shell? 0:11:41.720 --> 0:11:44.160 So I think there's a lot of challenges in leadership 0:11:44.360 --> 0:11:48.360 and being a captain, but consistently showing up, trusting your process, 0:11:48.400 --> 0:11:52.000 trusting yourself, trusting your teammates, that's what's getting tested. And 0:11:52.040 --> 0:11:55.560 if you can continue to man just have faith and 0:11:55.600 --> 0:11:58.560 believe in the process and the system in place, that's 0:11:58.559 --> 0:11:59.600 where things smooth out. 0:11:59.640 --> 0:12:00.400 And over time. 0:12:00.440 --> 0:12:02.920 You're kind of see these jag it starts this season, 0:12:03.040 --> 0:12:04.880 but we're still trending in the right direction. 0:12:05.080 --> 0:12:07.319 I think earlier you had mentioned talking about having the 0:12:07.360 --> 0:12:09.280 right guys right for the bye week to be impactful. 0:12:09.720 --> 0:12:10.600 I know this team. 0:12:10.840 --> 0:12:12.599 I mentioned it in this offseason, like I feel like 0:12:12.600 --> 0:12:14.040 the Dolphins are gonna to make some tough choice on 0:12:14.040 --> 0:12:15.800 who they have for captains because they have so many 0:12:15.840 --> 0:12:18.120 of those guys that kind of personify what it is 0:12:18.160 --> 0:12:20.120 to be a leader and a captain. What are those 0:12:20.120 --> 0:12:22.640 conversations like with the rest of the captains, whether it's 0:12:22.679 --> 0:12:24.800 after a winn or loss. How has that process been 0:12:24.880 --> 0:12:25.959 so far in twenty twenty four. 0:12:26.080 --> 0:12:28.520 I think it's been dynamic and you're seeing guys find 0:12:28.520 --> 0:12:31.480 the voices in a number of different ways, and it 0:12:31.520 --> 0:12:35.280 doesn't necessarily have to come after success on the football 0:12:35.280 --> 0:12:38.600 field on game tape. It's being able to trust that 0:12:38.679 --> 0:12:40.720 you see something or feel something and it needs to 0:12:40.720 --> 0:12:43.079 be said and addressed, and having a group of guys 0:12:43.080 --> 0:12:46.520 that are listening and like having those hard conversations that 0:12:47.480 --> 0:12:51.839 in previous years and previous organizations and previous situations. Right, 0:12:52.080 --> 0:12:54.400 a lot of guys human nature, it's to just man, 0:12:54.400 --> 0:12:55.920 I don't need to address this. I need to wait 0:12:56.000 --> 0:12:58.520 until until this moment and then I can speak up 0:12:58.520 --> 0:13:01.280 on it. I think we're getting to a place where 0:13:01.640 --> 0:13:04.160 there's a lot of continuity amongst those leaders and the 0:13:04.160 --> 0:13:05.640 captains to be able to say, no, we need to 0:13:05.640 --> 0:13:08.920 fix things now before it becomes a bigger issue, before 0:13:09.280 --> 0:13:11.880 you know, things get out of hand. So those tough 0:13:11.920 --> 0:13:15.440 conversations with the captains leadership council, I think that's been 0:13:15.480 --> 0:13:19.160 a big, strong stronghold of our team that can really 0:13:19.160 --> 0:13:21.360 help right this ship and make sure that we're all 0:13:21.400 --> 0:13:23.000 aligned in the locker room moving forward. 0:13:23.160 --> 0:13:24.640 Yeah, I think it makes a lot of sense, and 0:13:24.679 --> 0:13:26.720 I kind of want to dig in further that further 0:13:26.760 --> 0:13:28.719 into that because I kind of am fascinated by as 0:13:28.720 --> 0:13:31.640 conversation because again, and this is like fans speak, right, 0:13:31.800 --> 0:13:34.959 if something goes wrong, the general notion is like replace, 0:13:35.000 --> 0:13:37.559 people make changes, wholesale changes. But that's just not how 0:13:37.600 --> 0:13:39.680 this league works or how really anything in life works. 0:13:39.880 --> 0:13:42.160 And I always make this point my podcast, like they 0:13:42.200 --> 0:13:44.600 can just come in and improve and execute butt or 0:13:44.600 --> 0:13:46.800 to your point about the short yardage. So I'm curious 0:13:46.960 --> 0:13:49.439 what that looks like when you are struggling, when things 0:13:49.480 --> 0:13:51.480 aren't going your way and you have to come together 0:13:51.480 --> 0:13:53.480 as a team and try to find what those answers 0:13:53.520 --> 0:13:56.280 and solutions are. Because to your point, it's a long season. 0:13:56.320 --> 0:13:56.400 Man. 0:13:56.440 --> 0:13:58.839 We've seen teams start off one in three or zero 0:13:58.840 --> 0:14:00.959 and four and make the playoffs or vice versa. 0:14:01.080 --> 0:14:02.560 So it's a long season. 0:14:02.600 --> 0:14:04.360 It's like, how do you approach that from the standpoint 0:14:04.360 --> 0:14:06.880 of like, it's tough right now, but we have it 0:14:06.880 --> 0:14:07.760 in us and we just have. 0:14:07.720 --> 0:14:08.360 To put the work in. 0:14:08.559 --> 0:14:11.959 Yeah, it's always funny because there's a lot of opinions 0:14:12.040 --> 0:14:13.720 on what the problems are or what they should be, 0:14:13.960 --> 0:14:16.880 or how to fix them. And when you get into 0:14:16.880 --> 0:14:18.920 these discussions and you're trying to problem solve, and you 0:14:19.000 --> 0:14:21.320 got a lot of people that care. At the end 0:14:21.360 --> 0:14:24.200 of it, it's like, doesn't really matter what the problem is. 0:14:24.720 --> 0:14:27.160 Like if you have enough people on the team that 0:14:27.200 --> 0:14:29.960 are saying, Okay, I have my one eleventh on this team, 0:14:30.320 --> 0:14:31.800 and I need to get a little bit better in 0:14:31.880 --> 0:14:33.960 this area, and I'm going to fix this, and you 0:14:34.000 --> 0:14:36.440 get a collection of fifty three guys that are doing that, 0:14:37.080 --> 0:14:38.640 it doesn't really matter what the problem is. You have 0:14:38.640 --> 0:14:41.200 a collection of individuals that are solving problems together, right, 0:14:41.240 --> 0:14:43.520 And I feel like that's the approach of man. You 0:14:43.640 --> 0:14:46.720 can you can have a clicker and go in slow motion, 0:14:46.920 --> 0:14:48.960 fast forward, you can do whatever you want to try 0:14:49.000 --> 0:14:50.960 and figure out what a problem should be and then 0:14:50.960 --> 0:14:51.840 figure out a solution. 0:14:52.200 --> 0:14:53.400 But the end of the day, it's showing up and 0:14:53.440 --> 0:14:53.920 doing the work. 0:14:53.920 --> 0:14:55.800 At the end of the day, it's having the right 0:14:55.800 --> 0:14:59.000 people to problem solve together, to figure out how are 0:14:59.000 --> 0:15:01.320 we going to make it through and not splinter and 0:15:01.400 --> 0:15:05.280 come closer together through adversity. Because I don't really think 0:15:05.320 --> 0:15:07.320 it matters what the problem is. You look back the 0:15:07.320 --> 0:15:09.520 past few years. You know, last year, I remember the 0:15:09.560 --> 0:15:11.480 Chiefs dropping the ball all the time, right, And it 0:15:11.560 --> 0:15:12.600 was like in the beginning of the year that was 0:15:12.640 --> 0:15:14.920 their struggle and they fixed it, and they figured it 0:15:14.960 --> 0:15:17.520 out that was their issue. They solved it, they stayed 0:15:17.520 --> 0:15:20.280 together and they they went on a run. And I 0:15:20.320 --> 0:15:23.840 think we have issues that we're dealing with right now, 0:15:23.880 --> 0:15:26.720 and every team is the teams that can solve those 0:15:26.720 --> 0:15:30.640 problems together, stay tirer together through those tough times. Hit 0:15:30.760 --> 0:15:34.400 stride November, December, January. Those are ones playing in February, 0:15:34.440 --> 0:15:36.760 and that's our goal. So I don't think anyone has 0:15:36.800 --> 0:15:38.600 to shy away from that. I think it's how are 0:15:38.600 --> 0:15:41.320 we going to problem solve and move forward together so 0:15:41.400 --> 0:15:43.520 we have ourselves a chance to be playing our best 0:15:43.520 --> 0:15:45.040 football in December and January. 0:15:45.120 --> 0:15:46.760 Well, it sounds like we have the right leadership and 0:15:46.800 --> 0:15:48.040 have the right guy on the show here to talk 0:15:48.080 --> 0:15:52.840